Grain-shocking machine.



C. R. RANEY.

" GRAIN SHOCKING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED 0cT.2, 19x3.-

1, I Patented Feb. 6,1917.

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C. R. RANEY.

GRAIN SHOCKING MACHINE. APPLICATION .F ILED OCT. 2. l9l3.

1,215,191.. Patented Fb. 6,1917.

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GRAIN snocm'we MACHINE; APPLICATION FILED OCT- 2,1913.

.Patentd Feb. 6,1917.

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' which goesto make up the shock.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLEM'MA R. RANEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook z nd State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain-Shocking Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to grain shocking machines.

It has heretofore been such machines with sheaf delivering mechanism in the form of an oscillating sheafdelivery member or fork which, in its sheaf receiving position, lies beneath'the binder deck and is then moved, as each sheaf is ejected from the binder, to its sheaf deliv proposed to equip ermg position over the shocker cradle; the fork thus moving back and forth during the process of "delivering each individual sheaf Under certain conditions it has also been advisahlc. in a construction of this-charac ter, to provide means for deflecting the'fork whereby the same is thrown alternately to one-side'or the other of the cradle in such a mann'eras to build a shock wherein the sheavesj l'nwe diverging butts and converging tops.

My invention has for "its object to deliver sheaves to the shocker cradle in -an improved manner whereby a compact, evenly constructed shock is built without making it necessary to deflect the, sheaf delivery member, and the wear upon the mechanism, as well as the cost of mmmfacture. is materi'all v reduced. I attain these objects by providing improved sheaf positioning and delivering means cooperating with the delivcr mechanism of-the binder and the sheaf forming mechanism of the wherchv a plurality of sheaves are simultaneously supplied to the sheaf delivery memher and carried backward into the shocker cradle by this member in such relation that when released by the sheaf delivery mem-' her as the latter returns to sheaf receiving position. the sheavesoccupy position in the, cradle conducive to the building of a compact shock capahle"of standing in the field under all conditions.

In the accompanying drawings l have illustrated one embodiment which my invention may assume in practice. It is to be v Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed October 2, 1913.

delivery comprising a wheeled found shocker,

GRAIN -SH OCKIN G MACHINE.

Patented Feb. 6, 1917.. Serial No. 793,053.

understood, however, that the form thereof shown herein may be modified.

igure 1 is a. side elevation of a shocker and binder equipped with my improvement; Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same, the parts being shown diagrammatically to illustrate more clearly their cooperation with the harvester mechanism;

Fig. 3 is a rear view of the shocker, showing the sheaves in the cradle and the sheaf member as it is Withdrawn therefrom.

In the construction shown I have illustrated a shocker of standard construction,

frame 1, having a sheaf delivery member or fork, 2 pivotally mounted thereon at 3 and operated through av power shaft 4.- from any suitable source of power, the rotation of this power shaft 4' being transmitted to the vsheaf delivery member 2 through a chain and sprocket connection 5 and a resilient pitman connection shown therein, to receive and deliver sheaves is provided to control the connection of .the

shock binding needle 9 to the power shaft 4, a cam 10, a member 11, movable with the sheaf deliverymember, and means 12 acs tua'ted thereby being connected to the clutch and controlling the same in a well-known manner. Further, as in-the usual construction, a clutch 13 is provided to control the connection of the member 2 to the power shaft 4, this clutch, in this instance, being controlled by a resiliently connected, longitudinally disposed, tripping member 14, having a pluralityof upstanding arms 15 protruding up into the path of the sheaves delivered'from a binder deck 16. As in the usual construction, the binder is equipped with discharge mechanism 17, packer arms 18. sheaf ejectors 19' operatively connected to the packer arms, and the other operative and usual parts of the binding mechanism of a hinde1"of standard construction; the sheaf delivery member 2 and trip 14 being positioned on a support 20 projecting out under the binder deck in such a position that when the sheaves are ejected by the discharge arms 17, they will engage the trip-e. I ping arms'15at a pointa ove the sheaf dejythey m y yield should be caught and over to shea livery member- 2.

In my. mproved"constructionhinsteadof del ver ng' one sheafat, a time, two'sheaye's are del vered, and means are proy 1ded', for.-

maintaining these sheaves 1n parallelyrela tion so that they may be'delivere'd to the shocker" cradle 77 in parallel. relation and in this way build a compact shock, the sheaves being deposited in a.predetermined fixed re- 'lation in the'cradle, beingheld closely to-' gether as they are carried backward by the tines of the sheaf delivery fork andauto- 'matic ally acting, through the resiliency of their butts,'.upon' release from the tines, to spread in the' cradle to form a shock having i a Wide butt. As shown, the fork '2 is of materially greater width than it has heretofore been the practice to makethe same,- the tines thereof being of such a width that they.. will pierce two-sheaves when the latter are in parallel relation, as shown in Fig. 2. Further, the trip arms -,instead of per-- forming only one function,- as in the PIQVl-j ous constructions; namely, that of actuating the clutch mechanism, in this construction are made to erform not only that func-' 'tion, but twoad ed functions; namely, that ofsupportingthe first sheaf as it is ejected by the discharge arms 17 and kicked off the binder deck by the'kicker forks 19, a' nd coma "pressing the sheaves together. It s to be noted that-each of the supports 15 is made witha substantially L-shaped top and that twoof the 'sameare provided on the front end ofvthe trip rod 14, so that a substantial support is provided for the outer sheaf, and

one-which underlies the sheaf at points on' opposite sides of the twine.- Attention is further directed to the. fact that these mem.- bers are so disposed. with respect to the tines -0n the fork 2 that there is .no conflict -between the latter when the fork is raised in 'the usual operation of the device,- the tines on thelatter passingfreely by the same. As in the usual construction, wherein a'sheafis maintained upon the binder deckafter binding and not shoved ofi the binder ,deck until the next sheafis bound, a supplemental deck 21 is also provided, formed of bowed spaced strips fixed at their grainwardjends to'the binder deck '16, the kicker forks, or sheaf ejectors, moving upward between these strips in .a well-known manner. In addi-' tion to this supplemental deck 21, however, I providein this-instance a second supple-- mental deck. fixed to the ends of the strips f and formed of a plurality of spaced stubble- 1 wardly' protruding members 22.. These members are in the 'form of'metal rods ofrounded construction and extending out over A a little less'than halfof the fork, so'that 3 there can be no conflict between the same and thetines on the fork 2 as thelatter is e resilient so that operating w perating to hol upon the r full lines-in Eig.' 2', is "which is. pivoted, at 24: t

of the-sheaf disch point above the 'de ward inthe form the path of the-she 1 j ward, and when the kickers 19, acts to engage hold it securely in 'positio vening'twi'sting or the delivery th other than "a 'para some disarrangem shock as it isbuiltavoided, and' he a the .fork tines up to being thus obtained: that this member atits inoperative spring 25 to the s fcharge mechanism, so t carried upward by the it isjfree to be disengage automatically swung bac of the next, sheaf, 1

The operation "is as followsz'. mechanism. operates i ackers. 18areactuat k and forth through the ltaneously'f operati arms 19, which with. an irregular kicking out the she 7 deck 21 until itor: in full lines in 'F tioned upon the r0 2 by the resilient. nextsheafis bound, through the same .pa forcing the same up agains and forcing that line position shown. in Fi supported on th'ehorizo :trip arms 15, the "secon lace on the ro his position: i. a, when the d together parallel to lane above the tantia'lly parallel to the pressed back by the the sheaf dento operative eng aft by its actuation of the hat the member 2 is'raised onnection 6, causing its 1y pierce both sheaves.

arging mech ('22, and extends downof a hook so that it is'in a at as the sheaf moves outthe latter-passes beyond the sheaf and. lfectu'ally' pre- I heaf on the deck ereofto' the fork'i'n any llelrelation; all troublet of the sheaves in the in the cradle being thus dvantageous swinging of the wood in the sheaves It is also to be noted s resiliently connected ward end by a- 5 ry part of at as the sheaf is sheaf. delivery arm, (1 therefrom and is ward intothe'p'ath kewise move sheaf outwar noted that in' t two'sheavesfare passe eachother and in fork 2, and subs ground, the" trip 14 .isstubbleward sheaf, throwing livery member 2i withthe power clutchv 13, so .t through the pitman c tines to simultaneous the same p order to avoidflthis concradle when the fork occupies the cradle in parallel relation,

iprese'nt invention.

given area, as would and carry thesame over in parallel relation to the position shown in Fig. 3, wherein they are deposited on the bottom of the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. Obviously, as in the standard shocker construction, the sheaf delivery member 2 will then be returned to its initial full line position shown in Fig. 1, clearing the ends of the rods 22, and the trip returned to their initial position so that, as

the next'sheaves are ejected, the sheaf delivery mechanism is again ready to operate. It is, of course, to be understood that with the mechanism shock binding mechanism ay be used; as, for instance, the binding 'eedle 9 thrown into operation automatically when: the

clutch S is actuated by the tripping mechanism 10, ll, 12, the size of the shock thus determining the time of operation of this binding mechanism. Further, the'shocker cradle 7 may be operatively connected to the binding mechanism through connections 26 between the latter and which actuates the binding needle. These, however, specifically form no part be specifically described.

It is to be noted that in this construction the two sheaves are positioned in parallel relation in a plane parallel to the fork and pressed toget ier prior to being-pierced by the fork and are so supported that the fork may readily pierce them from below in-such a manner as to securely position them thereon. It is further to be noted that while under compression they are delivered to the to build a shock in tiers of twos.; the fork being separated from them just prior to their. engagement with the bottom ofthe cradle, so that their butts are free to spread automatically when they touch the bottom of the cradle in-such a manner as to form a shock having a wide butt. Attention is also directed to the fact that by the use of this improved mechanism -it is only necessary for the sheaf delivery.

arm, and therefore all of the sheaf delivery mechanism of the shocker, to operate half as many times during the shocking of a a device of the type wherein the fork carries one bundle, the wear and tear upon the parts being thus materially reduced and the life of the machine nlaterially increased. It is also to be noted that. in parallel relation in such a-manner that the butts may be spread subsequently, it is unnecessary to provide .any deflecting meclr anism for the fork, the cost of manufacture and assembly being thus also materially reduced.

While I have in this application described one embodiment which my-invention may arms 15 will have likewise beenjust described any suitable the knotter shaft 27, a

of my and, therefore, need not supported.

due to, the buildingof the sheaves assume in practice, it is, of course, to be un derstood that the. form shown herein for purposes of illustration may be modified,

without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim-as my'invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In combination, 'a harvester, a prostrate shocker cradle operatively connected thereto, and a single means intermediate said harvester and cradle simultaneously positioning side by side and prostrate in said cradle a plurality of sheaves dis charged from said harvester.

2., In combination, sheaf discharging mechanism, sheaf delivery mechanism ineluding an oscillating sheaf delivery member, and means for supporting in the path of said member the load therefor discharged by said discharging mechanism.

3. In combination, mechanism, sheaf delivery mechanism including an oscillating sheaf delivery memher, and means for supporting-inthe path of said member a plurality of sheaves discharged by said discharging mechanism.

sheaf discharging 4. In combination, a binder deck, sheaf discharging mechanism means for supporting a sheaf. discharged by said mechanism ad acent the edge of said deck, and sheaf delivery means includ mg an oscillatory sheaf-delivery member movable upward about its pi'yot. into ea gagement with said sheaf when so supported.

' 5. In combination, a binder discharging mechanlsm adjacent the same,

means for supporting-a sheafdischarged by "831d mechanism in parallel relation to the edge of said deck, andsheaf delivery means including a swinging sheaf delivery member movable in a fore'and aft directionand tially, parallel to the ground; and a sheaf' .dehverv member movable I upward into ongagement with said sheaves when sosupported.

S. In combination. a harvester, a shocking 'machine, an upwardlymovable sheaf delivery member on said shocking machine disposed in .a plane below the deck of said adjacent thereto,

deck, sheaf I harvester, and-means for positioning a plurality of sheaves in the path of said sheaf delivery member. a

t). In combination, a harvester, a .shock-- 1 ing -machine,' a swinging sheaf delivery member on said shocking machine normally disposed in a plane below the deck'of said harvester, and means" for holding a pluralityof -shcaves' under compression in the path of said sheaf delivery member.

10. In a harvester, abinder deck, sheaf discharging mechanism adjacent the same, means for supporting a plurality of sheaves discharged therefrom in parallel relation adjacent the edge of said deck, a sheaf receptacle, and means engaging said sheaves when so supportedfdepositing said sheaves in said receptacle in a single operation.

11. In .combination, discharging mechanism thereon, sheaf delivery means including a swinging sheaf de-' livery niember movable upward and rear wardly in a plane beyondthe edge: of said pressing 1n parallel'relation a plurality of ;sive sheaf is moved to edge of saidbinder deck deck, and means for supporting a sheaf discharged by said discharging mechanism in cradle .operatively the path of said member.

12. In combination, a discharging mechanism thereon, livery means livery member movable upward in; a plane beyond the edge of said deck, and means cooperating with said deck and supporting a plurality of sheaves discharged by saiddischarging mechanism in the path of said member.

13.,In combination, a shocker, a binder deck, automatic sheaf discharging mechaa nism adjacent the same, means for supportbinder act, sheaf sheaf deing asheaf discharged therefrom inparal-' lel relation to said binder deck at 'a point beyond the edge thereof as the next success-J a position on the ing mechanism, and means fordelivering the sheaves so positioned to the shocker.

14. In combination, a harvester, a shock receptacle operatively connected thereto, means for positioning a plurality of sheaves discharged from said harvester in front, of

said receptacle and m a plane parallel to the means maintaining the same ground, and

in the same positions relatively to each other and-while; so' held delivering said sheaves to said shock receptacle.

15. In combination, a harvester, operatively connected thereto, means coma shocker sheaves delivered from said harvester, and means holding the same under compression and while so held delivering the same to said shocker. i.

16; In combination, a-harvester, a shocker operatively connected thereto, means pressingtogether and holding a plurality of sheaves discharged from said harvester in parallel to the ground,

a binder deck, sheaf? including a .swinging sheaf dew by said dischar'gv .operatively connected 17. In combination, a harvester, -a shock- .ing machine o peratively connected thereto,

means supporting a plurality of sheaves in parallel relation adjacent the binder deck' of said harvester and in a plane substantially and meansautomat1-' cally controlled by the sheaves piercing the,

same-when 'in that relation and delivering the same to the'shocker. 3 Y r 18. In combination, aharvester, a shocker cradle operatively connected thereto and trailed at the rear thereof, meanspositioning a-pluralit of sheaves beyond the edge I of the binder eck of the harvester and substantially parallel to the ground, andmeans carried by said shocker piercing said sheaves when so-positioned and delivering them tosaid cradle.

19. Infcombination, a harvester, a' shocker connected thereto and trailed at the rear thereof, means position ing a plurality of sheaves beyond the edge of thebinder deck of theharvester substan' tially parallel to the ground, and means carriedjby said shocker, and controlled'by said sheaves 'piercing'the same when in that relation and delivering'the same to saidcradlein the same, relation. Y

'20. In combin tlon, a

& binder deck, means for discharging a sheaf therefrom, sheaf deliveringjmechanism including a sheaf idelivery member'n'ormally disposedin a posi tionfbelow said binder deck, and means con-- trolling-the operation of said sheaf delivery .105 member supporting a discharged sheaf in i the path of saidmember.

21L In combination, a binder, a shockerthereto, anioscillating sheaf delivery member carried on said shocker, and cooperating means carried on said binder and shocker for supporting the load for said member after its discharge by said binder in the path of said member.

.22. In combination, a .binder, a shocker 115 operatively connected thereto, an oscillating sheaf. delivery member carried on 'said'.

shocker,- and means carried on said binder and shocker for supporting a plurality of sheaves discharged from said binder in-the path of said sheaf delivery member. 23.-In' combination, a binder, a shocker operatively connected thereto, a normally prostrate oscillating sheaf delivery fork carriedon said shocker and operatively con- 125 nected thereto, and means positioning a pluralityof sheaves discharged from said binder in compressed relation above said fork'when the latter is in prostrate position.

24. In combination, a binder, a shocker 13o -pressing and positioning a from .said binder in tion with respect to operatlvely connected-thereto, an oscillating sheaf delivering -fork carried on said shocker, and means for simultaneously comsheavesdischarged from said binder in parallel relation in the path of the" tines on said fork and for automatically actuating the latter when the sheaves are in said position.

25. In combination, a binder, a shocker operatively connected thereto, and means for positioning a plurality of sheaves discharged apredetermined relasaid shocker and said binder and intermediate the same, and separate means delivering said sheaves in the same relation to said shocker.

4 26'. ,In combination, a binder, a shocker cooperating therewith,a sheaf delivery member on said shocker,

er thereon, and means successively positioning a plurality of sheaves discharged from said binder in parallel relation to the sheaf spaced resilient rods,

delivery member of said shocker .and automatically actuating said delivery member to deliver said sheaves simultaneously to the sheaf receiving member thereof. Y

4 27. In combination, a harvester, ablnder deck thereon, a shocking machine traillng at 'the rear thereof, a swinging sheaf delivery member carried on said shocker and norinallydisposed in a plane below the binder deck of said harvester, and means carried by said harvester and said shocker supporting a plurality of sheaves'in parallel relation in the path of said 1391'. I

28. In combination, a harvester, a binder deck thereon comprising a plurality of sheaf delivery memconnected to said harvester, a swinging sheaf delivering fork on said shocker, normally disposed in a plane below said deck, and

1 means carried on said shocker and controlling the operation of said fork supporting a sheaf above said fork.

I 29. In combination, a harvester, a binder deck thereon, a: shocker attached to said harvester, a sheaf delivery member onxsaid shocker normally disposed in a plane below said binder deck, clutch mechamsm controlling the connection of said sheaf delivery member, and a clutch tripping member carriedon said shocker and having upstanding arms provided with horizontal portions adjacent the edge of said deck.

30. In a harvesting machine,. a-binder deck; sheaf discharging mechanism carried tension of said binder deck,

plurality of a sheaf receiving mema shocker operatively 'lfi thereon, a supplemental deck forming an ex and supplemental means carried on said binder deck. automatically engaging a sheaf deposited on said supplemental deck by said discharging mechanism and retaining the same thereon automatically releasable 'upon the next actuation liateirally .extending fingers carried on said and disposed part Way over said member, and means for moving said member into engagement with a sheaf resting on said ngers. 33. In a shocking machine, a binder deck, sheaf discharging mechanism, a sheaf delivery member disposed beneath said laterally extending spaced resilient fingers carried on said deck and disposed part ay oversaid member, and means for moving said member into engagement with a sheaf resting on said fingers.

In combination, a harvester having a binder deck, a shocker operatively connected to said harvester,

having its tined end normally supported in a plane below and at the delivery side'of extensions on said binder deck protruding transversely of said sheaf delivery member, clutch mechanism carried on said shocker controlling the operation of said binder deck,

' said sheaf delivery fork,'and means carried I on said shocker supporting a sheaf ejected from said binder deck and actuated by the same to set said sheaf delivery fork in operation to pierce the sheaves supported thereon and inparallel relation thereto on the extensions on said binder. decl.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

. CLEMMA R. RANEY; Witnesses:

R. N. MARTIN, JOHN P. SMITH."

a sheaf delivery fork deck, 

